A state-of-the-art global coastal digital terrain model (DTM) with a resolution of 1 arcsecond (~30m) has been created by ...

The Registers of Scotland (RoS), the nation’s land registration and cadastral agency, is responsible for the registration of ...

Thanks to a new expansion, users of the Copernicus Reference Data Access (CORDA) database now have access to more ...

What began an experimental concept in the 1990s has evolved into a defining feature of urban development: the smart city.

In the past, the effort of hardware integration and the necessary combination of different software tools was a major hurdle to gain a foothold in the field of laser scanning. This hurdle has now been ...

In a recent roundtable, four prominent geospatial experts shed their light on the most impactful technological advancements over the past decade. Thei ...

UAV autonomy levels It is recognized that automation can improve efficiency, and efficiency can improve success. There is a strong correlation between automation and autonomy. As shown in Figure 1, ...

The famous statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro has been reconstructed in 3D using a UAV. Challenging weather conditions and the sheer size of the monument meant that careful planning was ...

Survey of an Ore and Copper Mine in Spain The Portuguese surveying and engineering company Geotrilho wanted to test the suitability of UAVs for the measurement of open-cast mines and collaborated with ...

Anyone involved with structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry has probably questioned which type of processing software is necessary for them to produce quality 3D point cloud data. Many SfM ...

Figure 2: RIEGL VZ-6000 scanner mapping avalanche terrain in Fiordland, New Zealand. (Image courtesy: Downer Ltd, Milford Road Alliance) Subtle differences between DEMs due to sensor technology and ...

To accomplish their mission of educating a new generation of geomatics engineers, universities need to enhance their current programmes to expose students to emerging technologies. Only then will the ...